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Shell paintings depict traditional town

 VietNamNet Bridge – Snail is a popular snack in Hoi An, sold by many street vendors. After consumption, the shells are discarded. People consider them worthless.

Foreign choirs join competition

VietNamNet Bridge – The third International Choir Competition opened yesterday, June 19, in Hoi An, gathering 15 choirs from the US, Germany, Taiwan, Australia, S Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Viet Nam.

Hoi An prepares for week-long festivities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty cultural events will be held during the fifth Quang Nam Heritage Festival, which runs from this Saturday until next Wednesday.

Four Vietnamese places among Top 25 Asia Destinations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An and Halong are four of the Top 25 Travellers’ Choice Asia Destinations recognized by the world’s largest travel site, TripAdvisor.

Rice farm tour patrons get down and dirty

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past, Pham Nhi's family used a firewood stove to cook simple meals of rice, chicken, fish and vegetables from their farm. Today, the family makes a living by recreating the process for tourists.

An Bang, Bai Dai listed among world’s 100 best beaches

VietNamNet Bridge – An Bang beach in Hoi An and Bai Dai (Long Beach) in Phu Quoc were placed 86th and 93rd on the list of the 100 best beaches in the world, as announced recently by CNN Travel News.

Nearly 16,000 antiques salvaged from a wreck in Hoi An

Nearly 16,000 Chu Dau ceramic items which were collected from a wreck in Cu Lao Cham in Quang Nam province were shared between the salvage company and Quang Nam authorities at the proportion of 70/30.

Vietnam’s four cities are the most popular destinations in Asia

 VietNamNet Bridge - Based on travelers’ choice, the popular tourist site Trip Advisor has released a list of 25 Asian cities that are most favored by tourists in 2013. Vietnam has up to four cities in the list.

Demanding money with menaces, luring travelers to low quality tours

Travel firms prove to be very professional in soothing travelers with sweet words. That explains why many people fell into the firms’ traps, and they only realized that they were swindled after experiencing terrible trips.

The man who saves two world cultural heritage sites

Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary were almost razed to the ground and sank beneath the lake, if not for the intervention of Mr. Ho Nghinh, former Party Secretary of Quang Nam - Da Nang Province.

Truong Sa, Hoang Sa kites fly on Hoi An sky

Heart-shaped kites decorated with the map of Vietnam, Vietnamese naval soldiers in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, or octopus. Snake kites of 160 artisans flew on the sky of Hoi An ancient town in the afternoon of May 18.

Hoi An gets set to host regional choir competition

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 300 artists from 11 troupes from Indonesia, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan have registered to take part in the 3rd Viet Nam International Choir Competition in Hoi An City on June 20-21,

Film to mark Vietnam-Japan ties

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Television and Tokyo Broadcasting System will jointly shoot a film in June and July this year as a gift to Vietnamese and Japanese audience on the occasion of the 40 th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

The oldest letter sent from Vietnam to Japan

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Kyushu National Museum in Saifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, has announced its discovery of the oldest letter sent from Annam (Vietnam today) to Japan.

Trekkers take to skies on Ba Na Hills adventure

VietNamNet Bridge – Offering world record breaking cable cars, wild forest trekking and a stunning nature reserve, Da Nang's Ba Na Hills caters for almost every taste.

Festival honoring values of heritages

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors will be free to visit Hoi An Ancient Town and the My Son temples (Quang Nam provinces) during the Festival that will take place from June 21 to 26.

The ancient beauty of two world heritages in Quang Nam

Going to My Son Holy Land and Hoi An ancient town, the first thing that visitors can feel is the primitive beauty of thousand years old, the rarely enduring beauty of the two world-class heritage sites.

Street food experience in Hoi An

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoi An Ancient Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, appeals to most tourists for its irresistible charm of architecture and landscape.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 8/4

 World heritages set to display in Hoi An; Art talk and film show held; Vietnamese study archeology exhibition in Egypt; Spanish dance duo to perform

Quang Nam tries to save ethnic culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rapid modernisation and modern lifestyles are threatening the survival of the ancient Cham culture and other ethnic traditions in central Quang Nam Province,